A Visit To The Libyan Stock Exchange
April 20th, 2013
Via Capitalist Exploits, an interesting report on the Libyan stock exchange: I spent most of the past week in Tripoli, Libya. The primary intent for this trip was to choose a location that will house our long-awaited property venture there. That part of the trip went well; we have access to several feasible options in […]
Read more »Boomtowns Leading Indonesia Growth
April 15th, 2013
Via Bloomberg, an article on Indonesia’s quick economic growth: Five years ago, property agent Daisul Akhyar took 20 minutes to drive to work in Pekanbaru, capital of Indonesia’s Riau province. Now, he can spend two hours in traffic after a surge in wealth transformed the city. “If you live in Riau now, it’s like living […]
Read more »Keeping Cairo Solvent
April 14th, 2013
Via STRATFOR (subscription required), an interesting report on Egypt’s economic woes: Cairo’s growing dependence on financial assistance from neighbors underscores just how desperate Egypt’s economic situation has become. The worry now is that Egypt could collapse politically and economically, and that the ensuing instability could spread westward across the Maghreb and eastward across the Sinai […]
Read more »Mongolia: Growing Pains?
April 9th, 2013
Via Foreign Policy, an updated look at Mongolia’s economic performance of late: As I suspect others with a professional interest in Mongolia’s transition to democracy and capitalism have found, the country seems to attract attention in a predictable cycle. On the up side, some peripatetic journalist based in Beijing with time to kill discovers the […]
Read more »Chinese Media Investment In Africa
April 4th, 2013
Via Balancing Act, an interesting commentary on Chinese investment in African media: Both private and state-owned Chinese companies are investing heavily in Africa. Part of this media push into Africa is about winning new friends and influencing the right people. The other part is straightforwardly looking to create new markets for both its technology and […]
Read more »Sudan’s Energy Industry: On The Comeback Trail?
March 26th, 2013
Courtesy of Eurasia Review, a look at Sudan’s energy industry: South Sudan may have taken most of Sudan’s known energy reserves with it when it voted for independence in 2011, but that doesn’t mean Khartoum has given up on keeping Sudan in the mix of Africa’s key energy players. Eyeing a bounce back, Sudan has […]
Read more »Focusing primarily on The New Seven Sisters - the largely state owned petroleum companies from the emerging world that have become key players in the oil & gas industry as identified by Carola Hoyos, Chief Energy Correspondent for The Financial Times - but spanning other nascent opportunities around the globe that may hold potential in the years ahead, Wildcats & Black Sheep is a place for the adventurous to contemplate & evaluate the emerging markets of tomorrow.